1 Christ is risen! Christ is risen!
He hath burst His bonds in twain!
Christ is risen! Christ is risen!
Earth and Heav'n prolong the strain!
He who suffered pain and loss,
In His love to us,
Dying on the bitter Cross,
Lives victorious!
Christ is risen! Christ is risen!
He that burst His bonds in twain!
Christ is risen! Christ is risen!
Earth and Heav'n, prolong the strain!
2 Lo, the chains of death are broken!
Earth below, and heaven above!
Joy anew in every token
Of Thy triumph, Lord of love!
He o'er earth and heaven shall reign,
At His Father's side,
Till He cometh once again,
Bridegroom to His Bride.
Christ is risen! Christ is risen!
He that burst His bonds in twain!
Christ is risen! Christ is risen!
Earth and Heaven, prolong the strain!
3 Angel legions, downward thronging,
Hail the Lord of earth and skies!
Ye who watch'd with holy longing
Till your sun again should rise:
He is risen! Earth, rejoice!
Sing, ye starry train!
All things living, find a voice!
Jesus lives again!
Christ is risen! Christ is risen!
He hath burst His bonds in twain!
Christ is risen! Christ is risen!
Earth and Heaven, prolong the strain!
Source: Carols Old and Carols New: for use at Christmas and other seasons of the Christian year #3
First Line: | Christ is risen! Christ is risen! He hath burst His bonds in twain |
Title: | Christ is risen! Christ is risen! |
Author: | Archer T. Gurney |
Meter: | Irregular |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Christ is risen! Christ is risen! He hath burst, &c. A. T. Gurney. [Easter.] First published in his collection A Book of Praise, &c, 1862, No. 119, in 3 stanzas of 12 lines. It is in common use in three forms:—
1. The original, which is seldom found outside the author's Collection.
2. The text as in Church Hymns, 1871, No. 132. In the Church Times of Feb. 19, 1875, the author denounces this arrangement, whilst in the folio edition of Church Hymns. 1881, Mr. Ellerton (one of the editors) allows that “The variations in this hymn amount to an almost complete recasting of it. The fine conception of the hymn was grievously marred by faulty execution, and sincere thanks are due to the author for permitting his original to be so daringly manipulated" (p. xlii.). This text has been introduced into American use through the Church Praise Book, N. Y., 1882.
3. The text as in Hymns Ancient & Modern 1875, No. 138. Against this also the author complains in the same letter to the Church Times. It also has been introduced into American common use. It was given in Laudes Domini, N. Y., 1884.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)